Jeor Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 It's an interesting quandary because if anything, cricket has been going in the opposite direction as far as subs are concerned - they eliminated runners from international cricket, for instance (Arjuna Ranatunga would never have survived!). As @Paxter says it is hard to know where to draw the line (broken bones could be other possible playing subs). I guess you could say concussions are the ones that are "life-threatening" but even that's a bit wishy-washy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 To me the line is head injuries as it is lot more tricky and generally fall closer to the life threatening category than something like leg break. edit: I'd be fine if it gets decided by a neutral doctor(s) rather than team doctor if they are worried about teams trying to abuse the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Impressive from Stokes. Regardless of how the rest of today goes, England will get a boost heading in to the next test. Declare Joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I wonder if Wade and Warner will open and try to make a game of it. Needless to say, Stokes drop has cost Australia dearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 Just now, The Winged Shadow said: I wonder if Wade and Warner will open and try to make a game of it Nah. Too risky - and I don't think Root is going to give any declaration that has a chance of winning. They were talking about how he got burned by declaring when the Windies ended up chasing it down so he'll probably be quite conservative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jeor said: Nah. Too risky - and I don't think Root is going to give any declaration that has a chance of winning. They were talking about how he got burned by declaring when the Windies ended up chasing it down so he'll probably be quite conservative. The only thing I have less confidence in than England’s batting is...Australia’s batting without Smith. Declare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Oh as an aside - Australia’s fielding in this test has been poor. Could have been a very different test match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 Yeah, they missed quite a few wickets. And they still haven't worked out how to use DRS correctly. Root should have declared once Stokes got his century. Now they're just really batting on for no reason. Australia's not going to get 250 in 1.5 sessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Yeah I don’t think Root will wait too long now. Australia will bat to survive. And there it is! Can I just say: fuck yeah test cricket. Even with two days washed out, this has been a great match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 In retrospect this has been quite a poor game from Australia, and I think they'll be happier with a draw. There have been lots of dropped chances and the fielding has been poor. The batting failed to fire again (apart from Smith in the first innings) and in this second innings, the bowling wasn't able to finish it off. If the game was a timeless Test, England would have set a massive target and won the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I’m intrigued to see how Warner plays this. Conditions are decent for batting now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Haha and there’s my answer. Four off the first ball from Davey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 And then next ball is an absolute killer from Broad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 I think Warner's the type who will try and hit his way into form. In some respects this is actually a good opportunity for him - relatively low risk (if he gets out, it probably still won't affect the overall result) and good batting conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Go Jofra! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 Archer really has burst onto the Test scene with this match. He's going to be a real handful for the rest of the series. Imagine if England had managed to field a pace attack of Anderson, Broad, Archer and Woakes - that would have skittled Australia's brittle lineup many times over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Fuck yes! Goodbye Usman. Marnus needs to bring his A game today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I obviously seriously overestimated Australia's ability to bat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 Well well well....this might be on now! Especially with no Smith to staunch the bleeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 This is were the absence of Smith really changes the pressure on Australia. It’s a bit odd Khawaja was asking Bancroft if he should review. Surely he’s the one who’d know if he’d nicked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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